Author: Joel M. Leininger, LS

Joel M. Leininger, LS

Joel Leininger, Associate Editor of the magazine, is the managing partner of S. J. Martenet & Co., a 154-year-old surveying firm in Baltimore, Maryland. He lectures frequently around the country on surveying-related subjects. Leininger has authored more than thirty articles and essays dealing with surveying and retracement, some of which have been published in Canada and Australia. Prior to his work at S.J. Martenet, he served as department head at Fisher, Collins and Carter, and as project manager with Daft-McCune-Walker, both in Baltimore. Leininger has also served as both Contributing Editor and Associate Editor of Professional Surveyor Magazine. He served five years on the Maryland Board of Registration and is a past-president of the Maryland Society of Surveyors. Contact Joel Article List Below

11.06.2004

Automation and Revenue

If they were to return to observe our routine procedures for a day, our predecessors of 30 years ago would not likely recognize…

11.06.2004

Y2K

Here is a pop quiz on your Y2K preparedness: Have you installed that new generator yet? How is your bottled water cache coming…

11.06.2004

Qualifications-Based Selection

Much has been written about the advantages of Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS) for professional services. The Brooks Act, passed by Congress in 1972, prohibited…

11.06.2004

The 4-Year Degree Debate

Let me state for the record that I am, and have been for some time, on the fence with respect to whether a…

11.06.2004

The Doctrine of MonumentsRevisited

Uncalled-for monuments are the bane of retracement surveyors everywhere. "Who placed this here and what did they know that I dont?" The fact…

11.06.2004

How Close Is Close Enough?

In a fee dispute a few years ago, an Alabama appeals court ruled that the responsible surveyor had not exercised appropriate supervision during…

11.06.2004

Debate: Mandatory Continuing EducationFor

The debate rages on over whether to require continuing education for surveyors. Curiously, I have never heard anyone deriding continuing education itself. Perhaps…

11.06.2004

ResearchWhose Responsibility?

Traditionally, the responsibility of discovering written evidence prescribing the location of property lines has fallen to the surveyor. Curiously, the ALTA/ACSM Land Title…

11.06.2004

The Ethics of Competence

Subconsciously, we know better. But somehow we have been persuaded to believe that ethics can preclude incompetent practice before it is attempted. The…

11.06.2004

The Doctrine of Monuments

There can be no question but that monuments reflect society’s interest in the preservation and stability of land boundaries. Although surveyors rarely argue…